Trapped

Trapped

I cannot imagine a more perfect hell than being trapped inside my own mind.” ― Beth Revis, The Body Electric

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"Keep me rather in this cage, and feed me sparingly, if you dare. Anything that brings me closer to illness and the edge of death makes me more faithful. It is only when you make me suffer that I feel safe and secure. You should never have agreed to be a god for me if you were afraid to assume the duties of a god, and we know that they are not as tender as all that. You have already seen me cry. Now you must learn to relish my tears."

- Quote from "The Story of O" by Pauline Reage

"Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of freedom.

Once you were thus convinced, you were foolish to open the door and let anyone in, not all the way in. You risked the hard-won equilibrium, that tranquility that you called peace."

- Dean Koontz

"Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent. You are loath to let compromise or the threat of danger hold you back from striving toward the summit of fulfillment."

- John O'Donohue, "Anam Cara"

"There is the solitude of suffering, when you go through darkness that is lonely, intense, and terrible. Words become powerless to express your pain; what others hear from your words is so distant and different from what you are actually suffering."

- John O'Donohue, "Anam Cara"

"Important meetings are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other. Generally speaking, these meetings occur when we reach a limit, when we need to die and be reborn emotionally. These meetings are waiting for us, but more often than not, we avoid them happening. If we are desperate, though, if we have nothing to lose, or if we are full of enthusiasm for life, then the unknown reveals itself, and our universe changes direction."

- Paulo Coelho, "Eleventh Minutes"

"People are so used to the daily, repetitive routines in their lives that, once they observe something out of the ordinary, like this art, it makes them feel uncomfortable, even weird.

We all have an imagination and some of us use it to create and inspire, instead of using it for the worst possible outcomes.

As kids, we used our imaginations to fly, to soar, high above the clouds. As adults we use our imagination for our worst scenarios, "What if I don't pay my rent? I'll be on the street."

Bottom line, reconnect to the freedom of the wonderful imagination you had as a child."